Improvement in portable fences



s. B. TINKHAM.

Portabie Fences. Y No.147,449. Patented Feb.1o.174.

'UNITED STATES rrrcn.

SYLVESTER B. TINKHAM, OF OHILLIOOTHE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALFHIS RIGHT TO BALDWIN B. GILL.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.1471194 dated February10, 1874; application filed January 13, 1874.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLvEs'rnn B. TINK- HAM, of the city of Chillicothe,in the county of Livingston and State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Portable Fences; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

VThe nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a portable fence, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure l is a side elevation, and lfig. 2 is a central section on line.fr x, Fig. l.

Each panel of my fence is composed of a series of horizontal boards, AA, with two upright battens, B B, secured to them, one at each end.These battens are fastened to the horizontal rails near the ends,leaving the rails or boards to project a distance about equal to thethickness ofthe upright of the fence-post. Each fence post or fasteningis composed of a ground-sill, O, to the side of which, at or near thecenter, is secured an upright, l), and this upright is braced by abrace, E, the lower end of which is fastened to one end of the sill, andthe other end, crossing the upright, is fastened to it. In the sill. O,close to the upright and on the same side as the upper end ot' thebrace, is made a notch, a.

In putting up the fence, the end of the brace Il is passed between thetwo upper boards of one panel, with the battcns B on the side toward theupper end of the brace. The other panel is put on the end of the bracein such a manner that its end will overlap the end of thc first panel,and its ba-tten be on the oppo site side of the brace, and the battensof the two overlapping ends of the panels will both be between thehorizontal boards of the same. The bottom boards of the panels are thenpressed down in the notch a, thereby fastening the two panels togetherand to the post.

In turning corners, the post is placed parat lel with the panel alreadyup, the bottom board of the panel resting upon the sill O, or ratherthat part thereofl to'which the upright and brace are attached, thebatten B matching on the outer side of the upright D above the notch a.rlhe other panel is then passed over the upper end of the brace E insuch a manner that its hatten B will come against the outer side of theends of the horizontal boards of the first panel. The ysecond panel isthen pressed down into the notch on the groundsill, which secures theparts firmly together.

In erecting this fence on a hill side, or on unevenl ground, theuprights l) must be placed at a suitable an glc by adjusting the bracesF, they being perforated so as to be fastened to the uprights atwhatever angle the same may be placed. Every alternate panel canbeeasily removed, and the space used as a gateway.

A picket-fence may be made by omitting the middle boa-rds of the panelsand nailing pickets 011 the top and bottom boards.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

rIlle fence-posts composed ofthe ground-sill O, provided with the notch(l, the upright D, and adjustable brace E, in combination withtence-panels A B, substantially in the manner and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

n. TINKHAM.

vit-nesscs:

VJOHN A. NOLA Nn, JACOB L. MYnRs.

